Crystal Amber (CRS) Competitors

Crystal Amber (LON:CRS) and AA (LON:AA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

Does the media prefer CRS or AA?

In the previous week, AA had 9 more articles in the media than Crystal Amber. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for AA and 0 mentions for Crystal Amber. Crystal Amber's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat AA's score of -0.20 indicating that Crystal Amber is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Crystal Amber	Neutral
AA	Neutral

Is CRS or AA more profitable?

Crystal Amber has a net margin of 90.42% compared to AA's net margin of 0.00%. Crystal Amber's return on equity of 11.18% beat AA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crystal Amber	90.42%	11.18%	5.45%
AA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is CRS or AA a better dividend stock?

Crystal Amber pays an annual dividend of GBX 50 per share and has a dividend yield of 39.4%. AA pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share. Crystal Amber pays out 367.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AA pays out 0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CRS or AA?

80.3% of Crystal Amber shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Crystal Amber shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CRS or AA?

Crystal Amber has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AA. AA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crystal Amber, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crystal Amber	£10.58M	8.45	£9.56M	£13.59	9.35
AA	£982M	0.00	N/A	£11.70	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CRS or AA?

AA received 319 more outperform votes than Crystal Amber when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.85% of users gave AA an outperform vote while only 56.58% of users gave Crystal Amber an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crystal Amber	Outperform Votes 43 56.58%	Underperform Votes 33 43.42%
AA	Outperform Votes 362 77.85%	Underperform Votes 103 22.15%

Summary

Crystal Amber beats AA on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.